Metric Deep Dive: Understanding LegalZoom.com Inc (LZ) Through its Ratios

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After finishing at $6.94 in the prior trading day, LegalZoom.com Inc (NASDAQ: LZ) closed at $6.61, down -4.76%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.76 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.06 million shares were traded. LZ stock price reached its highest trading level at $6.855 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $6.47.

Ratios:

Our goal is to gain a better understanding of LZ by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 8.19 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 11.65. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.71 and its Current Ratio is at 0.71. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.08 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.06.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, JP Morgan on January 13, 2025, Upgraded its rating to Overweight and sets its target price to $9 from $8 previously.

On December 06, 2024, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $9.

JP Morgan Downgraded its Neutral to Underweight on November 08, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $8.

Insider Transactions:

The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 13 ’24 when Wernikoff Daniel A bought 226,190 shares for $5.77 per share.

Miller Nicole sold 13,727 shares of LZ for $125,877 on May 17 ’24. The CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER now owns 338,956 shares after completing the transaction at $9.17 per share. On May 16 ’24, another insider, Watson Noel Bertram, who serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the company, sold 25,000 shares for $9.44 each. As a result, the insider received 236,000 and left with 748,912 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LZ now has a Market Capitalization of 1222063360 and an Enterprise Value of 1029771008. As of this moment, LegalZoom.com’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 39.46, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.54. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.13. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.71 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 12.31. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.51 whereas that against EBITDA is 21.014.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for LZ is 1.22, which has changed by -0.45686114 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.017286062 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LZ has reached a high of $12.55, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $5.33. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -25.06%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -13.45%.

Shares Statistics:

The stock has traded on average 2.35M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2508580 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 173.62M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 114.30M. Insiders hold about 35.09% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 55.19% stake in the company. Shares short for LZ as of 1743379200 were 6403237 with a Short Ratio of 2.72, compared to 1740700800 on 3862170. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6403237 and a Short% of Float of 5.0200000000000005.

Dividends & Splits

Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0

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